Engineering Intern, Platform - Spring 2027

More than 430 employees work on the product, from search ranking to fraud detection. Traffic during holiday peaks can reach ten times normal levels, and the platform is built for it.

The internship:

The intern will work on internal tools and APIs used by our support and operations staff. Daily standup on Google Meet, everything else async on Slack. Remote, open to candidates across the US. We do not have many meetings. Most updates happen in writing. You get a company laptop and a headset before you start.

Day to day:

• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer
• Debug failing builds in the GitHub Actions pipeline and note what caused them

What we're looking for:

• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of Linux command line basics
• Contributions to an open source project, however small
• Exposure to Docker or a cloud platform such as AWS or GCP

Duration: 16 weeks

Start date: Spring 2027

Stipend: $48.00 - $59.50 per hour

Perks:

• Return offer opportunities
• Final presentation to leadership
• Paid company holidays
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager
• Company laptop

Duration: 16 weeks. Start: Spring 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Mid-South Interactive.